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football club A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football. Such teams could be selected to play in a match against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an all- ...

based in

Mashhad Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. It serves as the capital of R ...

, Razavi Khorasan, that competes in the Persian Gulf Pro League. The club was founded in 2013 and was known as Padideh Khorasan Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال پديده خراسان, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Padide Xorasan'') between 2013 and 2019, and between March and August 2021. The football team plays its home games at the

which has a

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of 27,700. The club is owned and supported by the Shahr Khodro Company.

History

Mes Sarcheshmeh years

Azadegan League

Mes Sarcheshmeh was owned by Kerman's largest Copper producer "Sanate Mes Kerman", the same company that owned

Mes Kerman Mes Kerman Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال صنعت مس کرمان, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Sân't-e Mes Kârman'') is an Iranian professional association football, football team based in Kerman, Iran. They were promoted to Iran's top ...

. Mes Sarcheshmeh was founded in 1998 together with several other clubs by the Copper company of Kerman. In the past four years, the club has experienced enormous success as they have claimed promotion twice during this period. After a third-place finish in the 2007–2008 season, they gained promotion the following year, finishing in first place. While being tipped as favourites for the drop, they beat the odds and finished in a respectable fifth spot. The following season proved to be their last, in the Azadegan League 1 as they won the league due to their better goal difference compared to runners up Aluminium Hormozgan. This meant that Mes Sarcheshme had been promoted to the Iranian Premier League for the first time.

Promotion to the Iran Pro League

Mes Sarcheshme was the second team owned by "Sanat Mes Kerman" to have reached the Premier League, the other team is

. Mes Sarcheshme could not make an impact in the

IPL The Indian Premier League (IPL), also known as TATA IPL for sponsorship reasons, is a men's T20 franchise cricket league of India. It is annually contested by ten teams based out of seven Indian cities and three Indian states. The leagu ...

and were relegated. In July 2013, the club was moved from

Kerman Kerman ( fa, كرمان, Kermân ; also romanization of Persian, romanized as Kermun and Karmana), known in ancient times as the satrapy of Carmania, is the capital city of Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 821,394, in ...

to Mashhad and renamed to ''Padideh Shandiz'' for two seasons.

Padideh Shandiz

When 2012–13 season ended, Mes Sarcheshmeh had given up from administrating a professional football club. They sold their football club to Padideh Shandiz as of July 2013. New owners moved the club to

and introduced

Akbar Misaghian Akbar Misaghian ( fa, اکبر میثاقیان, born May 21, 1953) is an Iranian retired football player and coach. After retirement, he managed several clubs most notably F.C. Aboumoslem. Playing career Club career He started his playing car ...

as club boss. Padideh was promoted to the Persian Gulf Pro League in the following season, and were crowned champions of the

, after beating Naft Masjed Soleyman 1–0 in the final. Before their first season in the Iran Pro League, Padideh made several big name signings, namely

Reza Enayati Gholam Reza Enayati ( fa, غلام رضا عنايتى ; born 23 September 1976) is an Iranian football manager and former player. He is a former member of Iran national football team. Enayati played as a striker and is the all-time top goals ...

and Milan Jovanović. Padideh made the semi–final of the

2014–15 Hazfi Cup The 2014–15 Hazfi Cup was the 28th season of the Iranian football knockout competition. Tractor Sazi was the defending champion but was eliminated by Padideh in quarter-finals. The competition started on 1 September 2014 and ended on 1 June 20 ...

but lost to

Naft Tehran Naft Tehran Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال نفت تهران, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Nuft Teheran'') is an Iranian football club based in Tehran, Iran. They competed in the Persian Gulf Pro League. They were owned by the National Ira ...

on penalties. Shahr Khodro defeated Qatar's Al Sailiya FC 5–4 in a penalty shootout after a scoreless draw at the Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium on Tuesday to secure a place at 2020 ACL for the first time in history. Shahr Khodro became the 13th club from Iran to reach the group stage.

Logo, color and kit

Logo

Shahr Khodro Football Club has a red and yellow logo with the image of a cheetah on it; The main color of the logo is red and the football ball symbol at the bottom of the cheetah image also indicates the importance of football and the main discipline of the club. File:Padideh Khorasan logo.png, 2013–2019 File:Shahr Khodro F.C.svg, 2019–2021 File:Padideh Khorasan logo.png, 2021 File:Shahr Khodro F.C.svg, 2021–2022

Color

Shahr Khodro is generally known for its red color; This color is also used in the logo and the shirt.

Kit

The first kit of this team is red and the second kit is usually white.

Stadium

They currently play at

. The stadium is in an area of

that belongs to the Astan Quds Razavi (AQR), a charitable foundation which manages the Imam Reza shrine. The stadium is located in the eastern side of the AQR Sports Complex and has a area. In addition to the football stadium, the complex has ten sport salons including tennis, basketball and volleyball arenas, swimming pools and water collection. The complex also has amphitheater, conference hall, dining hall, museum and coaching classes.استادیوم ورزشی امام رضا (علیه السلام

Rivals

The

Mashhad derby The Mashhad derby ( fa, شهرآورد مشهد), also known as the Razavi Khorasan derby ( fa, شهرآورد خراسان رضوی), is a football local derby match between the four most popular clubs from Mashhad: Aboomoslem and Payam and Si ...

( fa, شهرآورد مشهد) also known as the Razavi Khorasan derby ( fa, شهرآورد خراسان رضوی) is a football local derby match between the four most popular clubs from

Aboomoslem Football Club Aboomoslem Khorasan ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال ابومسلم خراسان, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Abumislâm-e Xerasan''), commonly known as Aboomoslem, is an Iranian football club based in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, that compet ...

and Payam and Siah Jamegan and Padideh. Back in the 1980s and early 1990s was Iran's second most important derby after the Tehran derby. Nowadays it has lost its status to more popular derbies such as

Isfahan derby The Naghsh-e-Jahan Derby, also known as the Isfahan Derby, is a football match between Sepahan and Zob Ahan, the two biggest teams of the city of Isfahan, Iran. According to journalist Afshin Afshar, the competition is one of the most popul ...

Ahvaz derby Ahvaz ( fa, اهواز, Ahvâz ) is a city in the southwest of Iran and the capital of Khuzestan province. Ahvaz's population is about 1,300,000 and its built-up area with the nearby town of Sheybani is home to 1,136,989 inhabitants. It is home ...

, Tabriz derby, Guilan derby, Shiraz derby and Mazandaran derby.

Players

First-team squad

Officials

Managers

Coaching staff

Players on international cups

Players who were a member of their national team at International Competitions while playing for Shahr Khodro FC.

Honours

: **Winners (1): 2013–14

Continental record

References

External links

Official club websiteOfficial Shahr Khodro Fans page
{{Iran Pro League Football clubs in Iran Sport in Mashhad 2013 establishments in Iran Association football clubs established in 2013